H-1B Project Designer Salary
The median H-1B base salary for a Project Designer is $70,026, across 300 certified LCAs.
Median wage
$70,026
Average wage
$73,637
90th percentile
$100,006
Certified LCAs
300
Salary distribution
Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.
25th
Median
75th
90th
- Lowest
- $30,181
- 25th
- $60,375
- Median
- $70,026
- Average
- $73,637
- 90th
- $100,006
- Highest
- $135,000
Based on 300 certified base wages, annualized.
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Filings by year
48FY20
35FY21
44FY22
37FY23
60FY24
61FY25
15FY26
Top H-1B sponsors for Project Designer
Employers ranked by certified LCA volume for this role.
| Company↕ | LCAs↕ | Median▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc. | 4 | $114,889 |
| Nicole Hollis, Inc. | 5 | $113,500 |
| HDR Architecture, Inc. | 4 | $104,561 |
| Perkins & Will, Inc. | 6 | $93,246 |
| RIOS, INC. | 5 | $87,000 |
| CI DESIGN, INC. | 6 | $78,000 |
| Prellwitz/Chilinski Associates, Inc. | 4 | $70,494 |
| The Office of James Burnett, Inc | 8 | $69,862 |
| Jones Architecture Inc. | 4 | $65,000 |
| Bowker Studio | 3 | $65,000 |
| HPA, Inc | 5 | $63,000 |
| Environmental Systems Design, Inc. | 6 | $59,613 |
| Dynamik Design Partners, LLC | 6 | $58,000 |
| TMPartners, PLLC | 3 | $54,000 |
| SWBR Architecture, Engineering & Landscape Architecture, P.C. | 4 | $37,679 |
Salaries by location
New York, NY · $74,000San Francisco, CA · $85,000Los Angeles, CA · $78,750Chicago, IL · $59,634Atlanta, GA · $58,000Brooklyn, NY · $68,250Washington, DC · $70,000Dallas, TX · $76,000Lexington, KY · $60,120Baltimore, MD · $80,000Syracuse, NY · $38,334Houston, TX · $72,717Seattle, WA · $90,000Irvine, CA · $70,000Boston, MA · $72,000